Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Happy Canada Day!!

I've never been to Canada and am dying to visit...hopefully someday soon!

The closest I've been is La Cañada Flintridge. Ha ha ha. Let me explain: La Cañada Flintridge is a city in Los Angeles County that has a Spanish tilde over the ñ. Cañada means gorge, ravine in Spanish. I spoke to a resident once and she spelled out her address: "It's LA CANADA but with the swiggle over the N."

Canada Day inspired me to make this Maple Cake!

The batter is simple and basic. Uses 3/4 c of maple syrup.

Made with a full cup of Maple Syrup from Canada! The glaze is a combo of more maple syrup, melted butter and powdered sugar.

And, to complete the Canada Day theme, I'm going to see "The Proposal" with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds tonight. She plays a CANADIAN! Oh dear, I'm so themed today I feel like I'm the living version of a Canadian Tablescape by Sandra Lee. (Those tablescapes scare me!)

Maple CakeI found this recipe in the Everyday Food Holiday 2007 Special Edition.

Happy Cananda day even if we re not Canadian. I visited Canada once since my boyfriend is Canadian but now we live so so fa away. Nice place to visit though. This cake looks so moist and delicious. The maple frosting must be so good !! Enjoy the film tonight :)

Happy Canada Day! It's so cute that you made a lovely little maple cake. I also agree that the tablescapes are a bit freaky. What exactly would be on a Canadian themed tablescape? Maple leaves? Metric system symbols?

My daughter and I just made this cake. We didn't have quite enough maple syrup so we substituted with about 1/2 C honey and it worked fine. This cake is delicious and so easy to make! It will be a repeat recipe, for sure!